Where in the world is Bony Benavides? The Milwaukee conguera, or conga drummer, is making her mark in the traditionally ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Raul Instrumentos de Percussão was ...

In 1917, Ramon Santamaria Rodriquez was born into poverty in Havana, Cuba. Nicknamed “Mongo” (a tribal chief in Senegal), he began playing the conga drum at an early age and as a teen, Mongo ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This drum was made by Latin ...

Marcos Odara has been playing the conga drums for 39 years and teaching for the last 20. Odara hails from Salvador da Bahia, Brazil and now calls Oakland home. The drum master teaches Brazilian ...

Oluwatayo Oluwadamilare Ajayi aka Tayo Conga, is a living testament to the power of rhythm as a cultural force. Born and bred in Lagos, but hails from Ikogosi Ekiti State, he has spent over a decade ...

He brought Afro-Cuban influences to American ensembles and dazzled audiences with his virtuosic multiple-drum technique. By Neil Genzlinger “When you talk about percussion, particularly the evolution ...